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Subject: Richland County Spoonbill - Still There
From: Parkin Hunter <parkinhunter(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 19 Aug 2006 1:52pm
I saw the spoonbill along 601 in the same place today
(Saturday) at 8:20 am in the company of six white ibis
and a snowy egret.
Parkin Hunter
Columbia, SC
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Subject: Southern Pines Scissortails
From: "CarolBowman" <cbowman6(AT)nc.rr.com>
Date: 19 Aug 2006 4:28pm
About 1 pm today I observed the 3 juvenile ST's being fed by the female
along the fence on the dirt road into Hobby Field. Got a brief look at
the male as he was flying away toward Young's Rd.
Also saw numerous Grasshopper sparrow juveniles along the same fence.
Carol Bowman
Pinehurst, NC
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Subject: Congaree River - Thomas H. Newman Boat Landing 08/18 & 08/19
From: "Jason Giovannone" <buteo2808(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 19 Aug 2006 6:16pm
David Dobson & I birded the Congaree River yesterday and again this morning.
As you drive over the I-77 bridge you can see how low the river is, and we
thought the exposed sand bars may have some migrant shorebirds on them.
Yesterday afternoon (4:00 - 6:00) we put his boat in at the Thomas H Newman
Landing off Old State Road, and we went a little over a mile down river. The
river was very low, and we certainly tested his boat limits with the mud
that his engine encountered. The first sand bar about 1/2 mile down river
proved to be very fruitful producing 40 Killdeer, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2
Solitary Sandpipers, 1 Sanderling, 3 Semi-palmated Sandpipers, 20 Least
Sandpipers, & 3 Pectoral Sandpipers.
We decided to try again this morning (10:30 - 1:30), but this time take a
canoe down river, and then paddle back up. I recommend making a long day of
it, and taking out at the next landing, which I think would be Bates Bridge
along Highway 601. Not so lucky this morning with shorebirds, and we
actually went about 1 1/2 miles down river before we found a flock of 25
Killdeer. We did have much better luck with raptors, and we enjoyed watching
4 Broad-winged Hawks playfully dive at each other and then take on a
Mississippi Kite.
Good Birding!
Jason Giovannone
Columbia, SC
Full List
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Mississippi Kite
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Sanderling
Semi-palmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
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Subject: FW: Congaree River - Thomas H. Newman Boat Landing 08/18 &
08/19
From: "Robin Carter" <rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 19 Aug 2006 6:43pm
Hi C-Birders,
It might well be a good time for me (or someone else) to hike down the River
Trail and check out the sandbar that is easily reached from that trail. Most
of the shorebirds that Jason mentions are not yet on the Congaree National
Park check list.
Robin Carter
Columbia, SC USA
mailto:rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com
-----Original Message-----
From: carolinabirds-owner(AT)acpub.duke.edu
[mailto:carolinabirds-owner(AT)acpub.duke.edu]On Behalf Of Jason Giovannone
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 6:17 PM
To: carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu
Subject: Congaree River - Thomas H. Newman Boat Landing 08/18 & 08/19
David Dobson & I birded the Congaree River yesterday and again this morning.
As you drive over the I-77 bridge you can see how low the river is, and we
thought the exposed sand bars may have some migrant shorebirds on them.
Yesterday afternoon (4:00 - 6:00) we put his boat in at the Thomas H Newman
Landing off Old State Road, and we went a little over a mile down river. The
river was very low, and we certainly tested his boat limits with the mud
that his engine encountered. The first sand bar about 1/2 mile down river
proved to be very fruitful producing 40 Killdeer, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2
Solitary Sandpipers, 1 Sanderling, 3 Semi-palmated Sandpipers, 20 Least
Sandpipers, & 3 Pectoral Sandpipers.
We decided to try again this morning (10:30 - 1:30), but this time take a
canoe down river, and then paddle back up. I recommend making a long day of
it, and taking out at the next landing, which I think would be Bates Bridge
along Highway 601. Not so lucky this morning with shorebirds, and we
actually went about 1 1/2 miles down river before we found a flock of 25
Killdeer. We did have much better luck with raptors, and we enjoyed watching
4 Broad-winged Hawks playfully dive at each other and then take on a
Mississippi Kite.
Good Birding!
Jason Giovannone
Columbia, SC
Full List
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Mississippi Kite
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Sanderling
Semi-palmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
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